<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>How does extra credit work in Gradebook?</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta content="" name="description">
<link href="../css/help.css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8">
<link href="/library/webjars/fontawesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="/library/skin/morpheus-default/tool.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" charset="utf-8">
<script src="/library/webjars/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="/library/js/headscripts.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
    includeWebjarLibrary('featherlight');
    $(document).ready(function(){
      $("a.screensteps-image-zoom").featherlight({
        type: { image:true },
        closeOnClick: 'anywhere'
      }); 
    });   
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <div><div>
<div><h1 class="article-title">How does extra credit work in Gradebook?</h1></div>
<div>



    <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock screensteps-wrapper--introduction screensteps-wrapper">
  <div id="text-content_A5027FF1-2606-430A-BA0C-329037F79082" class="text-block-content">
    <p>The extra credit (EC) feature in Gradebook can be enabled (1) at the item level or (2) at the Category level.</p>
<p>When you designate an item or a category as EC, those items are not added to the total "out of" value for points possible in the course. When students earn points for extra credit items, those points are added their total course grade. However, points for EC content will not be deducted for students who do not receive a score for them. EC indicates "bonus" items, or optional credit.</p>
  </div>
</div>

    <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock screensteps-wrapper--warning screensteps-wrapper">
  <div id="text-content_C2F7AD07-F8DF-447E-91BD-42F23B044B6C" class="text-block-content">
    <p><em><strong>Caution</strong>: do not set individual items as extra credit within an extra credit Category. Those items will be considered optional within the category and therefore would have no effect on the overall grade outside of the category.</em></p>
  </div>
</div>

      <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1">
    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Gradebook.</h2>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/984/395/original/0cf2519f-2cad-4c55-ad4a-d500db54c5ab.png" alt="Image of Gradebook button." height="105" width="185">
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_3940B2A2-689A-4AEC-AFFC-DDB7CFD94D54" class="text-block-content">
    <p>Select <strong>Gradebook</strong> from the Tool Menu of your site.</p>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>

      <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1" id="setting-ec-at-the-item-level">
    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Creating extra credit items</h2>
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click the arrow icon and then select Edit Item Details.</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/007/977/original/987dacdf-2024-4c52-8109-81acfc15a4dc.png" alt="Image of Set Score For empty cells button in gradebook." height="369" width="829">
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_4B21CED4-0F08-46B4-881D-DE3FBFEA8CDC" class="text-block-content">
    <ol>
<li>Click the arrow icon (<strong>Open menu</strong>).</li>
<li>Select <strong>Edit Item Details</strong>.</li>
</ol>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="check-the-box-next-to-extra-credit-and-click-save-changes">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Check Extra credit and click Save Changes.</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/007/979/original/62511c96-cc55-4005-adfd-ca9a059b92dd.png" alt="" height="513" width="562">
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_FA6FB634-9477-4B89-B19C-FC54EA2A366E" class="text-block-content">
    <ol>
<li>Check <strong>Extra credit</strong>.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Save Changes</strong>.</li>
</ol>
  </div>
</div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock screensteps-wrapper--tip screensteps-wrapper">
  <div id="text-content_0190D180-C92B-4FCF-B35E-BAB5D6D3606D" class="text-block-content">
    <p><em><strong>Tip</strong>: The extra credit option can set while adding a new Gradebook item or editing an existing one.</em></p>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
  </div>

      <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1" id="extra-credit-item">
    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Grading with extra credit items</h2>
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_0966E402-CDC1-48B3-88E2-0CE41AEBDF20" class="text-block-content">
    <p>Add individual extra credit items to any Category, or to a Gradebook that contains no categories.</p>
  </div>
</div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="example-ec-item-in-gradebook-with-no-categories">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: extra credit item in Gradebook with no Categories</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <a href="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/614/original/083e6acb-ad15-4b8a-a8c4-0193ee90d48b.png" class="screensteps-image-zoom">
        <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/614/medium/083e6acb-ad15-4b8a-a8c4-0193ee90d48b.png" alt="" height="149" width="855">
      </a>
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock screensteps-wrapper--info screensteps-wrapper">
  <div id="text-content_E4F5EB73-3713-472E-BCB6-CD4C4FA90F95" class="text-block-content">
    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: An extra credit item displays a plus + icon (<strong>This is an Extra Credit Gradebook Item</strong>) in the column header to indicate that it is an extra credit item.</em></p>
  </div>
</div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_C8F000C9-8ECC-44F9-9786-9985F6C08572" class="text-block-content">
    <p><strong>Example scenario:</strong> In a Gradebook that contains three quizzes worth 10 points each, where two of the quizzes are for credit and one quiz is for extra credit, the total points possible for all quizzes is 20 (i.e., two quizzes worth 10 points each).</p>
<ul>
<li>A student who scores 10/10 points on <strong>all three quizzes</strong> will earn a course grade of 30/20 points, or 150%: 10 points for the extra credit quiz are added on top of the total points of the other items.</li>
<li>A student who scores 10/10 points on <strong>only two of the quizzes</strong> (i.e., skipping any one of the quiz items) will earn an overall grade of 20/20, or 100%.</li>
<li>An extra credit quiz can make up for a missed quiz when the extra credit item is worth the same point value.</li>
</ul>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="example-ec-items-within-weighted-categories">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: extra credit items within weighted Categories</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <a href="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/616/original/c12b4e47-6b3e-4a12-b2d8-c558307d7a90.png" class="screensteps-image-zoom">
        <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/616/medium/c12b4e47-6b3e-4a12-b2d8-c558307d7a90.png" alt="" height="113" width="855">
      </a>
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_50532A35-9786-49EB-B81E-3953FE8BC0F4" class="text-block-content">
    <p>In a weighted Category, extra credit items are averaged together with the other items before the Category average is weighted.</p>
<p><strong>Example scenario:</strong>  In a Category worth 40% of the course grade, there are three regular assignments and one extra credit assignment, each worth 10 points.</p>
<ul>
<li>The points for all four items are added together (e.g., 40 points), then divided by the total points possible (30). </li>
<li>If a student receives perfect scores on every assignment, their category average would be 133.33%.</li>
</ul>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
  </div>

      <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1" id="setting-ec-at-the-category-level">
    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Creating extra credit Categories</h2>
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_0AFFCF51-F18C-425B-8E03-ADB9B19D1985" class="text-block-content">
    <p>Create an extra credit Category rather than an extra credit item. This can be useful if your Gradebook includes weighting, or if you have several extra credit items that you want to group together into a Category.</p>
  </div>
</div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Settings</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/618/original/40ad0c7c-ae3d-49b5-83e4-3447710718c1.png" alt="" height="50" width="415">
  </div>
 
  </div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="check-the-box-next-to-extra-credit-and-click-save-changes_1">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Activate Extra Credit for a Category and click Save Changes.</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/620/original/5527fdb4-1949-409a-b2c7-3686abc14a58.png" alt="" height="622" width="790">
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_7F9E3A0F-F1BA-4E2A-8ADC-FAE6A25D11D1" class="text-block-content">
    <ol>
<li>Open <strong>Categories &amp; Weighting</strong>.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Categories only</strong>.</li>
<li>Check the <strong>Extra Credit </strong>box associated with a Category. </li>
<li>Click <strong>Save Changes</strong>.</li>
</ol>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
  </div>

      <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-1">
    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Grading with extra credit Categories</h2>
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="example-ec-category-only">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: extra credit Category only</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <a href="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/622/original/e7cded20-5c7d-483b-baa7-e076dffb6271.png" class="screensteps-image-zoom">
        <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/622/medium/e7cded20-5c7d-483b-baa7-e076dffb6271.png" alt="" height="136" width="855">
      </a>
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_F7FAA396-9CA7-48E9-825B-95A16B8610D4" class="text-block-content">
    <p><strong>Example scenario:</strong> The Gradebook is configured with <em>Categories only</em> (no weighting). One Category is designated as extra credit. Three items worth 10 points each are assigned to the Category.  </p>
<p>In this scenario, a student who earns a perfect score for all Gradebook items, including 10/10 points for all three items in the extra credit category, will receive 130/100 points possible, or 130%.</p>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
        <div class="step screensteps-section screensteps-depth-2" id="example-ec-with-weighted-categories">
    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Example: extra credit with Weighted Categories</h3>
        <div class="image screensteps-image">
      <a href="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/624/original/cafa6230-389e-4040-a945-f1986cbaee8d.png" class="screensteps-image-zoom">
        <img src="https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/009/624/medium/cafa6230-389e-4040-a945-f1986cbaee8d.png" alt="" height="140" width="855">
      </a>
  </div>
 
      <div class="step-instructions screensteps-textblock">
  <div id="text-content_B371A25A-2225-447C-89C4-579A9EF59C31" class="text-block-content">
    <p><strong>Example scenario:</strong> When you set <strong>Categories &amp; Weighting</strong> in a Gradebook, the total relative weight of all categories must be 100%. However, if one Category is designated as extra credit, you can have a combined category sum greater than 100%.</p>
<p>In this example, three regular categories are used and weighted as follows: Assignments (40%) + Discussions (10%) + Quizzes (50%) = 100% of the course grade. An extra credit category is worth 5% of the course grade. A student who completes all work in the extra credit category could potentially earn 105% for his or her course grade.</p>
  </div>
</div>
 
  </div>
 
  </div>


</div>
</div></div>
</body>
</html>
